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Police officers need more training on trespass laws to avoid accidentally breaking them while making arrests, a solicitor says.
The call comes after a High Court judge quashed an Auckland man's drink-drive convictions because a police officer unlawfully arrested him in his driveway after he refused a breath test.
Solicitor Umar Kuddus said he had seen the situation “time and time again” and had personally dealt with two cases in the past 12 months.
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A motorist who stopped for a nap in the Coromandel while on his way home from work in Auckland, has been hit with a $200 fine for freedom camping.
After finishing work in Auckland at 2am, the man started his journey home to Waiomu, Coromandel, according to a Facebook post.
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Read more: $200 fine for stopping and taking a break
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Police are investigating a suspicious fire at a Hastings house where a woman suffered a fatal assault earlier this month.
Emergency services were called to the vacant Huia Street house just before 9pm yesterday.
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Read more: Suspicious fire at scene of fatal assault in Hastings
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Police seized properties worth at least $7.3 million and four luxury European cars after raids across Auckland on Wednesday.
After simultaneous dawn raids targeting what police called a major money-laundering operation, six people including a 65-year-old woman were arrested.
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Read more: Auckland money laundering bust: Six arrested, Porsche and 'millions' of dollars seized
- Article: https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/crime/115351458/auckland-money-laundering-bust-six-arrested-porsche-and-millions-of-dollars-seized
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New Zealand's inability to contribute naval frigates to a US-led operation near Iran may seem embarrassing - but as Robert Ayson writes, it may actually demonstrate we don't need the vessels at all.
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Read more: Farewell to New Zealand’s frigates?
- Article: https://www.newsroom.co.nz/2019/08/23/767568/farewell-to-new-zealands-frigates
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Residents in Los Angeles and Orange County warned to check for symptoms after an infected NZ teen visited theme parks including Disneyland and Universal Studios earlier this month.
Californian health authorities have issued warnings to residents and visitors after a New Zealand teenager was found to have spent five days in the US state while infectious with measles. The reports come as both the US and New Zealand grapple with the worst outbreaks of measles for more than two decades, with scientists sounding the alarm about insufficient take-up of vaccination.
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Read more: Oh great, New Zealand might have just given Disneyland measles
- Article: https://thespinoff.co.nz/science/25-08-2019/oh-great-new-zealand-might-have-just-given-disneyland-measles/
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Britain asked New Zealand whether it could help patrol the Strait of Hormuz following the seizure of oil tankers by Iran, but we didn't have any boats to send, the Minister of Defence says.
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Read more: New Zealand has no boats to send to Strait of Hormuz: Defence Minister Ron Mark
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Read more: Where are the Frigates?
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